Rain Forest at Night http://bit.ly/7IgBqO Rain Forest at Night ... interactive online application from National Geographic
Rainforest : Online Videos and PowerPoints http://rainforestvideos.blogspot.com/ Rainforest : Online Videos and PowerPoints The link above goes to one of the Shambles "Forest of Theme Blogs" pages that provides videos and other multimedia resources to support the topic here. If you would like to see all of the Theme Blogs then go to the full list at http://www.shambles.net/blogforest or click where you see this button
The Art Machine : The Jungle http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/jungle.htm The Art Machine : The Jungle .. creative and interactive art online. Create an imaginary landscape with NGAkids JUNGLE. Mix and match the animals, control the weather and lighting conditions, or construct flowers, trees, and plants. An "AUTO" button generates random compositions, so you can sample program options and experiment with special effects as a starting point for your own designs.
Rainforest : Virtual Field Trip http://www.digitalfrog.com/products/rainforest.html Rainforest : Virtual Field Trip Join the Digital Frog International team as we visit the Blue Creek Rainforest Reserve in Belize, Central America, in the second title in our award-winning Digital Field Trip series. Learn about rainforests, the plants and animals found there and the mechanisms and processes that keep them alive and vital. You will never be bored with The Digital Field Trip to The Rainforest AT. Find out what howler monkeys do when they first wake up (it's not pleasant).
The Amazon Rainforest http://www.amazon-rainforest.org Information about the amazon rainforest, its people, places of interest, and how you can help the rainforest.
ainforest Virtual Field Trip http://www.tramline.com/sci/rainforest/index.htm Rainforest Virtual Field Trip Rainforests have been around for millions of years, and yet in the very brief span of half a century, mankind has destoyed a huge portion of the world's rainforests. On a daily basis, acres and acres more disappear. This field trip takes a look at what a rainforest is and why it is an important ecosystem, the animals and peoples of the rainforest, what types of rainforests there are, and provides some ideas that students can do to actively participate in protecting the remaining rainforests
CyberHunt Library - Into the Amazon http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/amazon_teacher.htm CyberHunt Library - Into the Amazon Take your students down the Amazon river with Instructor's Online CyberHunt. Start with the CyberHunt Reproducible page, found at www.scholastic.com/cyberhuntkids
All About Rainforests at Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/ All About Rainforests at Enchanted Learning What is a Rainforest? | Strata of the Rainforest | Animals of the Rainforests | Where are Rainforests? | Rainfall | Temperature | The Soil in a Rainforest | The Importance of Rainforests | People Living in Tropical Rainforests | Animal Printouts | Puzzle | Find It! Quizzes | Math Activities | Illustrated Glossary | Rainforest Links |
Rainforest - Virtual Field Trip http://www.field-trips.org/sci/rainforest/index.htm A field trip created with TourMaker guides you through a sequence of Web pages on any given topic. For each page, there is simultaneous commentary in an accompanying frame. You move forward and back through the Field Trip using the tour Control Panel and you can leave the Tour to explore links and return to it whenever you want. Rainforests have been around for millions of years, and yet in the very brief span of half a century, mankind has destoyed a huge portion of the world's rainforests. On a daily basis, acres and acres more disappear. This field trip takes a look at what a rainforest is and why it is an important ecosystem, the animals and peoples of the rainforest, what types of rainforests there are, and provides some ideas that students can do to actively participate in protecting the remaining rainforests.
Protecting the Amazon Rainforest : Video http://www.harcourtschool.com/articles/video_updates/ Protecting the Amazon Rainforest - Reporting: Gary Strieker In Brazil, 22,000 square miles of rainforest are protected by law -- and by local residents. The Wildlife Conservation Society is helping residents learn how to manage local resources. rain forest | video | conservation |
Rain Forest at the Learning Network http://teachervision.com/tv/theme/Rain%20Forest The diverse life forms in the rain forest make it a fascinating unit of study. Plants of the Rain Forest | Layers of the Rain Forest | Rain Forest Products | Camouflage | Rain Forest Reading and Writing Activities | Gorillas in the Wild, Gorillas in Captivity |
ander Academy : Tropical Rainforest http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/rforest.htm Tropical Rainforest Theme What is a Tropical Rainforest | Tropical Rainforest Factsheet | Layers of the Tropical Rainforest | Saving the Tropical Rainforest | Animals of the Tropical Rain Forest | Soils of the Tropical Rainforest | Insects of the Tropical Rainforest | Tropical Rainforest Graphics | Saving the Tropical Rainforest |
RainforestEducation.com http://www.rainforesteducation.com/ Medicines from the rainforest | Sights and sounds, puzzles and games | The Maya: Legacy and current day reality | Butterflies and butterfly gardening | Threats to rainforest - what you can do | Treefrog Store rainforest supplies and projects |
RainForests of the World http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/rforest/main.htm Did you know there are two types of RAINFOREST -- the temperate and the tropical? Tropical rainforests are found close to the equator. Temperate rainforests are found near coastal areas, such as the Pacific Northwest of the USA. Both are endangered!
RainForest Action Network http://www.ran.org/ran/kids_action/ This site for primary students is jam packed with information, conservation ideas and calls to action such as "Seven Steps Kids Can Take
Rainforest Action Network http://www.ran.org/ Since it was founded in 1985, the Rainforest Action Network has been working to protect tropical rainforests and the human rights of those living in and around those forests. From the beginning, the Network has played a key role in strengthening the worldwide rainforest conservation movement through supporting activists in tropical countries as well as organizing and mobilizing consumers and community action groups throughout the United States.
Live From The Rainforest http://passporttoknowledge.com/rainforest/intro.html Follow in Darwin’s footsteps, courtesy of Passport to Knowledge, to the heart of our planet's largest rainforest, guided by some of the world's leading biologists. Explore “the greatest expression of life” so far discovered in all the Universe, via a project that uses video, real-time interactions, the Internet and hands-on science activities—Live From The Rainforest.
Tropical Rain Forest http://www.ontheline.org.uk/explore/nature/trfindex.htm In this section we look at some of the fascinating animals, plants and people which inhabit the tropical rain forests along the meridian line, and we consider some of the conservation issues affecting these biological treasure houses. But before we do this, let's first get an idea of what a tropical rain forest actually is. Includes a Quiz and activities.
Rainforest Live http://www.rainforestlive.org.uk/index.cfm This section is full of information that is of interest to everyone, whether you are a teacher, a student or just interested in tropical rainforests. Have a look through the facts and figures on tropical rainforests, search out the word you would like the meaning of in the glossary, take up this month's challenge or have a look through our picture gallery.
Cloud Forest Alive http://www.cloudforestalive.org/ This web site is being developed to help enhance global understanding of the unique and important cloud forests of Central America. Through their impact on water and soil quality, climate patterns, and numerous known and unknown plant and animal species, cloud forests profoundly affect life surrounding them and life around the planet in vital ways that are not commonly recognized.
Encyclopedia of the Rainforest http://www.toucansam.kelloggs.ca/eng/enter.htm Are you ready for an adventure? Rain forests are truly magical places where anything is possible. I oughta know, I've lived in one all my life. It's a world of walking trees, meat eating plants, and gigantic insects. Why, it's got just about anything you could imagine...and a lot more you couldn't. But watch out, because hey...it's a jungle in there!
Amazon Rain Forest Unit Plan
Rainforest Live WebCam Courtesy of WildlifeFocus also Virtual Tour
Animal Webcams courtesy of Tigerhomes.org
Virtual Field Trip
Tramline Virtual Field Trip
America's Rainforests A Distance Learning Adventure
Courtesy of Scholastic.com
Tour Itinerary
Rainforest Biome http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/rforest/index.htm
Rainforest Action Network: Kids' Corner http://www.ran.org/kids_action/index.html
Science in the Rainforest http://www.pbs.org/tal/costa_rica/
Journey Through a Rainforest http://www.photo.net/cr/rara/
Rara Avis: A Costa Rican Rainforest Experiencehttp://www.interlog.com/~rainfrst/
Rainforest Facts http://www.pbs.org/tal/costa_rica/rainfacts.html
http://schools.rainforestsos.org/amazon-blog
Walking the Amazon
http://www.rainymood.com/
The Sound of Rain and Thunder
http://bit.ly/7IgBqO
Rain Forest at Night ... interactive online application from National Geographic
http://rainforestvideos.blogspot.com/
Rainforest : Online Videos and PowerPoints
The link above goes to one of the Shambles "Forest of Theme Blogs" pages that provides videos and other multimedia resources to support the topic here.
If you would like to see all of the Theme Blogs then go to the full list at http://www.shambles.net/blogforest or click where you see this button
http://www.slideshare.net/sooooph/rainforest-destruction-49986/8
Rainforest Destruction (PowerPoint)
http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/jungle.htm
The Art Machine : The Jungle .. creative and interactive art online.
Create an imaginary landscape with NGAkids JUNGLE. Mix and match the animals, control the weather and lighting conditions, or construct flowers, trees, and plants. An "AUTO" button generates random compositions, so you can sample program options and experiment with special effects as a starting point for your own designs.
http://www.digitalfrog.com/products/rainforest.html
Rainforest : Virtual Field Trip
Join the Digital Frog International team as we visit the Blue Creek Rainforest Reserve in Belize, Central America, in the second title in our award-winning Digital Field Trip series.
Learn about rainforests, the plants and animals found there and the mechanisms and processes that keep them alive and vital.
You will never be bored with The Digital Field Trip to The Rainforest AT. Find out what howler monkeys do when they first wake up (it's not pleasant).
http://www.amazon-rainforest.org
Information about the amazon rainforest, its people, places of interest, and how you can help the rainforest.
http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/scizone/e3/rainforest/default.asp
Discover our Rain Forest ... interactive online activity.
http://www.tramline.com/sci/rainforest/index.htm
Rainforest Virtual Field Trip
Rainforests have been around for millions of years, and yet in the very brief span of half a century, mankind has destoyed a huge portion of the world's rainforests. On a daily basis, acres and acres more disappear. This field trip takes a look at what a rainforest is and why it is an important ecosystem, the animals and peoples of the rainforest, what types of rainforests there are, and provides some ideas that students can do to actively participate in protecting the remaining rainforests
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/amazon_teacher.htm
CyberHunt Library - Into the Amazon
Take your students down the Amazon river with Instructor's Online CyberHunt. Start with the CyberHunt Reproducible page, found at www.scholastic.com/cyberhuntkids
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/
All About Rainforests at Enchanted Learning
What is a Rainforest? | Strata of the Rainforest | Animals of the Rainforests | Where are Rainforests? | Rainfall | Temperature | The Soil in a Rainforest | The Importance of Rainforests | People Living in Tropical Rainforests | Animal Printouts | Puzzle | Find It! Quizzes | Math Activities | Illustrated Glossary | Rainforest Links |
http://www.field-trips.org/sci/rainforest/index.htm
A field trip created with TourMaker guides you through a sequence of Web pages on any given topic. For each page, there is simultaneous commentary in an accompanying frame. You move forward and back through the Field Trip using the tour Control Panel and you can leave the Tour to explore links and return to it whenever you want.
Rainforests have been around for millions of years, and yet in the very brief span of half a century, mankind has destoyed a huge portion of the world's rainforests. On a daily basis, acres and acres more disappear. This field trip takes a look at what a rainforest is and why it is an important ecosystem, the animals and peoples of the rainforest, what types of rainforests there are, and provides some ideas that students can do to actively participate in protecting the remaining rainforests.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/articles/video_updates/
Protecting the Amazon Rainforest - Reporting: Gary Strieker
In Brazil, 22,000 square miles of rainforest are protected by law -- and by local residents. The Wildlife Conservation Society is helping residents learn how to manage local resources.
rain forest | video | conservation |
http://teachervision.com/tv/theme/Rain%20Forest
The diverse life forms in the rain forest make it a fascinating unit of study.
Plants of the Rain Forest | Layers of the Rain Forest | Rain Forest Products | Camouflage | Rain Forest Reading and Writing Activities | Gorillas in the Wild, Gorillas in Captivity |
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/rforest.htm
Tropical Rainforest Theme
What is a Tropical Rainforest | Tropical Rainforest Factsheet | Layers of the Tropical Rainforest | Saving the Tropical Rainforest | Animals of the Tropical Rain Forest | Soils of the Tropical Rainforest | Insects of the Tropical Rainforest | Tropical Rainforest Graphics | Saving the Tropical Rainforest |
http://www.rainforesteducation.com/
Medicines from the rainforest | Sights and sounds, puzzles and games | The Maya: Legacy and current day reality | Butterflies and butterfly gardening | Threats to rainforest - what you can do | Treefrog Store rainforest supplies and projects |
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/rainforest-ws.htm
Word Search and Glossary
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/rforest/main.htm
Did you know there are two types of RAINFOREST -- the temperate and the tropical? Tropical rainforests are found close to the equator. Temperate rainforests are found near coastal areas, such as the Pacific Northwest of the USA. Both are endangered!
http://www.ran.org/ran/kids_action/
This site for primary students is jam packed with information, conservation ideas and calls to action such as "Seven Steps Kids Can Take
http://www.ran.org/
Since it was founded in 1985, the Rainforest Action Network has been working to protect tropical rainforests and the human rights of those living in and around those forests. From the beginning, the Network has played a key role in strengthening the worldwide rainforest conservation movement through supporting activists in tropical countries as well as organizing and mobilizing consumers and community action groups throughout the United States.
http://passporttoknowledge.com/rainforest/intro.html
Follow in Darwin’s footsteps, courtesy of Passport to Knowledge, to the heart of our planet's largest rainforest, guided by some of the world's leading biologists. Explore “the greatest expression of life” so far discovered in all the Universe, via a project that uses video, real-time interactions, the Internet and hands-on science activities—Live From The Rainforest.
http://www.ontheline.org.uk/explore/nature/trfindex.htm
In this section we look at some of the fascinating animals, plants and people which inhabit the tropical rain forests along the meridian line, and we consider some of the conservation issues affecting these biological treasure houses. But before we do this, let's first get an idea of what a tropical rain forest actually is.
Includes a Quiz and activities.
http://www.rainforestlive.org.uk/index.cfm
This section is full of information that is of interest to everyone, whether you are a teacher, a student or just interested in tropical rainforests.
Have a look through the facts and figures on tropical rainforests, search out the word you would like the meaning of in the glossary, take up this month's challenge or have a look through our picture gallery.
http://www.cloudforestalive.org/
This web site is being developed to help enhance global understanding of the unique and important cloud forests of Central America. Through their impact on water and soil quality, climate patterns, and numerous known and unknown plant and animal species, cloud forests profoundly affect life surrounding them and life around the planet in vital ways that are not commonly recognized.
http://www.toucansam.kelloggs.ca/eng/enter.htm
Are you ready for an adventure? Rain forests are truly magical places where anything is possible. I oughta know, I've lived in one all my life. It's a world of walking trees, meat eating plants, and gigantic insects. Why, it's got just about anything you could imagine...and a lot more you couldn't. But watch out, because hey...it's a jungle in there!
http://wwwgen.bham.wednet.edu/4rainfor.htm
http://www.jasonproject.org/
An ongoing exploration ........
http://tr.im/mWdv